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tetranucleotide

tetranucleotide noun: a codon containing four nucleotides.

Noun

tetranucleotide (plural tetranucleotides)

  1. A codon containing four nucleotides

Forms of tetranucleotide

pluraltetranucleotides

Origin of tetranucleotide

From tetra- + nucleotide.

Words formed from tetranucleotide

Questions about tetranucleotide

What does tetranucleotide mean?
Tetranucleotide means a codon containing four nucleotides.
What part of speech is tetranucleotide?
Tetranucleotide is a noun.
What is the plural of tetranucleotide?
The plural of tetranucleotide is tetranucleotides.

Words near tetranucleotide in the dictionary

  1. tetranucleating
  2. tetranucleation
  3. tetranucleosomal
  4. tetranucleosome
  5. tetranucleosomes
  6. tetranucleotide
  7. tetranucleotides
  8. tetranucleotidic
  9. tetranychid
  10. tetranychids
  11. tetraobol

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